Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

For too long, our health system has focused on treating people after they get sick. By shifting more resources to preventing disease and promoting good health -- not only in the doctor's office but in our neighborhoods, cities and towns -- we can help everyone in our nation live as healthy as they can be.

Editor's Pick

Annual report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that adult obesity increased in six states—and did not decrease in any state. Rates were higher in the South.